the demand at this point is unknown today, I tell you, it's soft and it's soft for a lot of reasons. You know, one of the obvious ones is people don't know when you're gonna be open. You know my expectation be once people know there's an opening date and we can communicate that to customers, demand will increase now how much it increases. I cant speculate, so the number of rooms were ultimately use will be a function of what the demand looks like When we finally I think the first thing they'll notices employees and masks a lot of masks. When they walk in, they're going to see that there's a lot of changes in regards to social distancing, whether it's in the hotel, the gaming floor, food and beverage and they're gonna see a lot of hand sanitizer. There will certainly be enhanced. Cleaning protocols will be cleaning things more frequently. Commonly touched areas wiping down chairs, tables. What's important to talk to employees about is really the same thing that we would need to tell customers about its the changes we've made to the business. When we hear from customers, we hear there is pent up demand. There is an excitement to come to Las Vegas and to come to Caesar's South, But they're also very interested in how we've changed our operation and light of everything that's happened. So when you're an employee and if you're a table games dealer than we're going to talk specifically about, these are the how your recipes are gonna change. This is how we're changing your role, but it's also very important for me to speak to them. But this is what we're doing broadly because we've done a lot and they need to have an appreciation and understanding of not just what we're doing for a dealer, but everything we're doing across the entirety to business.

Gambling in Vegas casinos could soon return. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Friday that the state has a target date of June 4.More details for Nevada are expected Tuesday, including when more restrictions could be lessened.Nevada has been allowing several kinds of businesses to operate with restrictions, from restaurants to barbershops and malls to drive-in movie theaters."Without a thoughtful and measured reopening of Nevada's gaming industry, all of the work that Nevadans have done to fight the spread of this viral pandemic will have been for naught," Sisolak said in a statement.More than one-fourth of Nevada’s workers don't have jobs after the state's unemployment rate hit 28.2% in April — the highest in the U.S. and the worst joblessness showing in Nevada history.It's the worst any state has seen since the national jobless rate was estimated at 25% in 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression, state officials said Friday.“They are all sobering numbers, far in excess of anything we have experienced as a state before now,” said David Schmidt, chief economist for the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.Nevada was hit especially hard by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic because so many of its jobs are tied to the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, Schmidt said.General manager of Caesars Palace, Sean McBurney, said one of the changes visitors will notice is employees in masks.Meanwhile, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended Michigan's stay-at-home order by slightly more than two additional weeks, through June 12, while keeping theaters, gyms and other places of public accommodation closed until at least then.A day after a judge ruled in her favor in a lawsuit filed by the Republican-led Legislature, the Democratic governor also extended her coronavirus emergency declaration through June 19. Both the stay-at-home measure and state of emergency had been set to expire late next Thursday.

Gambling in Vegas casinos could soon return.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said Friday that the state has a target date of June 4.

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More details for Nevada are expected Tuesday, including when more restrictions could be lessened.

Nevada has been allowing several kinds of businesses to operate with restrictions, from restaurants to barbershops and malls to drive-in movie theaters.

"Without a thoughtful and measured reopening of Nevada's gaming industry, all of the work that Nevadans have done to fight the spread of this viral pandemic will have been for naught," Sisolak said in a statement.

More than one-fourth of Nevada’s workers don't have jobs after the state's unemployment rate hit 28.2% in April — the highest in the U.S. and the worst joblessness showing in Nevada history.

It's the worst any state has seen since the national jobless rate was estimated at 25% in 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression, state officials said Friday.

“They are all sobering numbers, far in excess of anything we have experienced as a state before now,” said David Schmidt, chief economist for the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

Nevada was hit especially hard by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic because so many of its jobs are tied to the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, Schmidt said.

General manager of Caesars Palace, Sean McBurney, said one of the changes visitors will notice is employees in masks.

Meanwhile, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended Michigan's stay-at-home order by slightly more than two additional weeks, through June 12, while keeping theaters, gyms and other places of public accommodation closed until at least then.

A day after a judge ruled in her favor in a lawsuit filed by the Republican-led Legislature, the Democratic governor also extended her coronavirus emergency declaration through June 19. Both the stay-at-home measure and state of emergency had been set to expire late next Thursday.